swimmingly

[ swim-ing-lee ]

/ ˈswɪm ɪŋ li /

without difficulty; with great success; effortlessly: She passed the exam swimmingly.

Origin of swimmingly

1615–25; swimming (in sense “progressing smoothly”) + -ly

Thus far, then, Mrs. Callender's plot had gone on swimmingly.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III |Various
Johnny would find me a rhyme and then I would write a line to suit it, and we got on swimmingly.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 |Lucy Maud Montgomery
And to think I shall have to do without dinner, just when I was getting on with 'em all so swimmingly!

Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 107, August 25, 1894 |Various
The appointed hour drew nigh, and all things had gone on swimmingly with one single exception.

Sheppard Lee, Vol. I (of 2) |Robert Montgomery Bird

It was rum, but I was getting along so swimmingly with Frances that I didn't much care what they did.

The Haunted Pajamas |Francis Perry Elliott

swimmingly

/ (ˈswɪmɪŋlɪ) /

successfully, effortlessly, or well (esp in the phrase go swimmingly)